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Police Chief Robert Handy told reporters at the shooting scene Friday evening that the man wouldn’t obey any of the officer’s commands. As the incident escalated and became violent, the officer used his Taser stun gun, but it wasn’t effective, Handy said.
A video taken just before the shooting and later posted on social media shows the man and the officer struggling on the ground next to a parked car. The man appears to pull an item off the officer’s utility belt. canada goose outlet It isn’t clear canada goose outlet houston what the man grabbed.
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“The suspect was resisting and clearly the officer was canada goose outlet england defending himself and trying to take the suspect into custody,” Handy told reporters. “Just because the person didn’t have a weapon, if he’s struggling with that officer and actively assaulting that officer and trying to take his weapon away, trying to take equipment away from his belt that can harm him he has every right and every responsibility and we train them to defend themselves with lethal force.”
The officer, who has been with the department 2 years, was placed on administrative leave Friday. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will investigate the case, as is typical for officer involved shootings in Huntington Beach.
The officer had not been interviewed by Friday evening, Handy said, citing a California law that allows officers to “calm down, adjust and get representation” before delivering testimony.
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Nearby Marina High School was locked down briefly Friday morning as a precaution following the shooting. Shortly after noon students began leaving campus canada goose jacket outlet uk for lunch, pausing to watch as investigators conferred in the parking lot of the 7 Eleven.
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“That was actually basically seeing a person die. It’s not like the movies,” student Carmella Marshall said. “It’s really real.”
Customers who typically frequent the 7 Eleven stood in a nearby parking lot discussing the events.
“I have friends that work in there,” said Huntington Beach resident Wayne Mitchell. “I hope they’re OK.”
The parking lot around the store and a portion of Edinger Avenue near Springdale Street was taped off as police investigated the scene.
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It comes on the heels of an officer involved shooting Sept. 7 that left a suspect and two Huntington Beach officers wounded.
The other shootings this year before Friday’s:
Sept. 7: Garrett Meyer, 29, of Huntington Beach was wounded by police gunfire in the 2000 block of Delaware Street after officers responded to a report of a man running around slashing tires, police said. Two officers suffered gunshot wounds resulting from “friendly fire” among officers, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators. Meyer was arrested Sept. 15 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. The woman was arrested on outstanding warrants in connection with theft and drug charges.
March 9: Steven Schiltz, 29, was shot and killed by police on a crowded soccer field in the canada goose outlet in uk Huntington Central Park Sports Complex on Goldenwest Street. Police and a witness said he had chased children and others with a baseball bat and a broken bottle. Schiltz’s mother, Angela Hernandez, has alleged police used excessive force.
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Jan. 9, a man who reportedly was armed with a knife was wounded after being shot by police at the Huntington By the Sea RV Resort on Newland Street.
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Huntington Beach police typically have had one or two officer involved shootings each year since 2011, records show.
Officer Jennifer Marlatt told the Daily Pilot in January that Huntington Beach officers are permitted to use their canada goose outlet germany guns in defense of their own lives or the lives of others.
“It’s the officer’s perception of the situation,” Marlatt said at the time. “If the officer thought his life was in danger or someone else’s life was in danger, he could use deadly force.”.
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